Ellis Island district-Continued. Daily report of laundry work, New York, Form 154, prior to January 1, Report of blankets used, New York, Form 159, prior to January 1, 1930. Immigrants' dining-room bill of fare prior to July 1, 1929. Grand Forks District: Border patrol Gasoline and oil records prior to July 1, 1928. Tissue copies of vouchers at subdistrict offices only. Originals_for- Form 616; monthly time reports prior to July 1, 1928. Form 643; period report of work performed by patrol inspectors; only those copies which are at subdistrict headquarters to be destroyed; copies are on file in district office. Prior to July 1, 1928. Form 644; receipt for persons and contrabands; copies at subdistrict offices only to be destroyed. Copies are on file at district office. Prior to July 1, 1928. Form 650; daily report of patrol inspectors. All data covered by these reports are compiled on summaries which are on file in district office. Prior to July 1, 1928. Form 666; Government-owned vehicle records. All data taken from this form and compiled on Form 600, original of which is forwarded to bureau and copy is on file in district office. Prior to July 1, 1928. Form 667; stock record of tires and tubes prior to July 1, 1928. Immigration Monthly time reports of employees, Form 616, or copies thereof. Copies of all vouchers at border ports, standard Forms 1012, 1034, etc., covering purchases and services other than personal, and reimbursement of travel and other expenses including per diem. The original vouchers have been forwarded to the bureau and copies are on file at the district headquarters. Prior to July 1, 1928. Reports on Form 598, sheets D and F, of expenditures and statement of accounts rendered under annual accounts or general authorization, submitted by border ports. Originals on file at district headquarters. Prior to July 1, 1930. Circular notices of rejection or deportation of aliens. These notices are Monthly report of investigations and warrant activities submitted by Monthly reports concerning Japanese nationals submitted by border Monthly reports concerning Chinese nationals submitted by border Monthly report of immigration visas lifted covering period from 1924 to Report of return permits surrendered prior to July 1, 1929, when report Monthly report of aliens admitted for treatment without bond prior to Report of certificates of admission, Form 524, surrendered prior to July Reports on Form 598-E, as to Government transportation requests issued prior to July 1, 1928. A consolidated record is on file at district headquarters containing identical information. Grand Forks District-Continued. Immigration-Continued. Semimonthly report of warrant cases pending prior to July 1, 1925, when report was discontinued. Quarterly report of unserved warrants of arrest, prior to July 1, 1925, when report was discontinued. Monthly report of aliens in possession of immigration visas refused admission prior to July 1, 1925, when report was discontinued. Circular notices from bureau or district headquarters regarding the approval of certain educational institutions for immigrant students, or the removal of certain institutions from the approved list, prior to July 20, 1929, when an up-to-date pamphlet was issued by the bureau. Monthly report of appeals from excluding decisions, submitted by border ports. Consolidated report for the district is on file at district headquarters prior to July 1, 1929. Reports of aliens in possession of immigration visas indorsed by techni- Reports concerning illegal entry of Russians, Poles, Bulgarians, and Correspondence filed regarding eastbound deportation parties prior to Files containing correspondence relating to request for general infor- Reports of inspection of Immigration Service uniforms prior to July 1, Files containing tracer letters with regard to certificates of admission, Minneapolis district: Letters referring to cases handled by other districts, especially district No. 18, Grand Forks. Copies of personal expense and other vouchers. Copies of requisitions and invoices of supplies. Copies of requisitions for blank forms. Copies of requisitions for printed envelopes and correspondence incident thereto. Correspondence relative to statutes at large. Files relative to purchase of street-car tickets. Applications for annual and sick leave. Letters of inquiry and copies of replies relative to applications for reentry permits and petitions on behalf of realtives. Copies of liability reports and correspondence incident thereto. Monthly bureau reports of labor conditions in the United States. Reports of Duluth immigration office as to labor conditions in that vicinity. Copies of weekly reports of section 24, immigrant inspectors. Copies of reports by this office on labor conditions in district. Copies of Form 595; report of aliens ready for deportation. (Superseded by present system of card index No. 522.) Correspondence received and copies of replies which can not possibly have any historical or other value. Letters received and copies of replies sent in reference to prospective immigrants and conditions of law with which they must comply. Minneapolis details and authorizations. Correspondence to and from the bureau relative to obtaining and use of Government transportation requests. Montreal district: Monthly report of expenses, to prevent exceeding monthly allotment, prior to July 1, 1930. Monthly time report, Form 585; duplicate filed at Montreal; prior to January Monthly vouchers other than personal; duplicate copy on file at Montreal. Pay-roll letter; duplicate on file at Montreal. Prior to January 1, 1929. Statistical reports of debarred aliens; duplicate on file at Montreal. Prior Report of investigation and warrant activities; duplicate on file at Montreal. Transportation request reports; duplicate on file at Montreal. Prior to Inquiries regarding entry; of no value after inquiry answered. Statistical summary from border ports; no longer required as data carried Correspondence regarding railroad passes; of no value after inquiry answered. Correspondence regarding application of immigration laws. General correspondence of no value whatsoever. Copy of time reports; originals on file at Montreal and can be destroyed in suboffices. Prior to January 1, 1925. Notice of steamship arrivals. Copies of monthly reports of Forms 385, 425, and 524 lifted; reports no longer required. Prior to January 1, 1930. Correspondence transmitting monthly reports; reports are checked up and letters serve no purpose. Prior to January 1, 1930. Copies of annual reports; originals on file at Montreal. Prior to July 1, 1928. Report of United States citizens returning from Canada after having had a Monthly report of aliens not properly presented for examination; abolished. Monthly report of aliens applying for admission whose previous exclusion 1930. Monthly report of aliens temporarily admitted under special arrangements; original on file at Montreal and will be retained; can be destroyed at subports. Prior to January 1, 1929. Monthly report of aliens visitors' head-tax refund certificates; Form 569, issued; abolished. Prior to January 1, 1930. Monthly report of nonstatistical aliens debarred; data carried into permanent Report of certificates; Form 524, lifted at the boundary; abolished. Prior to Report of warrant cases; superseded by different form. Prior to January 1, 1929. Montreal Form No. 1, general report of nonstatistical applicants; superseded by different form. Prior to January 1, 1929. Monthly report of nationality of aliens admitted; abolished. uary 1, 1925. Prior to Jan Reports of steamship arrivals; manifest records complete. Prior to January Copy of requisitions for Montreal; of no value after requisitions filled. Letter transmitting manifesta and other records, on file at Montreal. Prior Copy of quota allotment requests; abolished June 30, 1924. Montreal district-Continued. Copy of daily reports of admission under the quota act; abolished June 30, 1924. Monthly report of steamship departures; obsolete. Prior to January 1, 1929. Report of aliens of the border class referred to board of special inquiry by inspectors on duty at railroad stations and boat landings; obsolete. Prior to January 1, 1929. Assignment by St. John office of hours of duty, etc.; of no value after assignment made. Prior to January 1, 1929. Copies of letters from St. Johns office transmitting Chinese descriptive lists, etc.; originals in Montreal files. Prior to January 1, 1930. Report of transit passengers, classes D and E admitted; obsolete. Prior to January 1, 1930. Report of transit visitors admitted without payment of head tax, obsolete; information included in other forms. Prior to January 1, 1930. Monthly report of transaction under General Order No. 86; abolished. Prior to January 1, 1929. Monthly report of aliens admitted under General Order No. 86; abolished. Prior to January 1, 1929. Monthly report of nonstatistical aliens refused admission; included in manifests. Prior to January 1, 1929. Monthly report of aliens certified by medical examiner; included in manifests. Prior to January 1, 1929. General movement of aliens across the international border; data now included in other reports. Prior to January 1, 1927. Correspondence re seamen in transit via St. Johns, New Brunswick, office; of no value after alien admitted. Prior to January 1, 1927. Copy of rejection notices; data included in permanent records. Prior to January 1, 1930. Correspondence regarding additions and eliminations to property; included in reports in Montreal office. Requests from aliens for record of admission, payment of head tax, etc., all must be denied; of no value after being answered. Prior to January 1, 1930. Norfolk district: Form 613; daily time report. A report of leave, etc., is made after the close of each month and kept on file, which contains full information as to absence from duty, etc. Files covering purchase and vouchering of gasoline, etc., for boarding launch. There is one of these files for each month. The accounts have been settled. Prior to July 1, 1929. Report from United States Customs as to aliens and citizens admitted, monthly. These reports were discontinued September, 1918. All. Stubs of cattlemen's certificates. Issuance of said certificates was discontinued May, 1925. All. Portland (Oreg.) district: Copies of expense vouchers from 1904 to 1925. These accounts have been settled. Copies of travel vouchers of Government employees who are dead or no longer connected with the Immigration Service. Prior to January 1, 1926. Daily report of arrivals from 1913 to 1915, Form 590, which is obsolete and which information is but a duplication of that contained in manifests, crew lists, and indices. Copies of marshal's reports, 1903 to 1919. Obsolete. Copies of requisitions for printed stationery, supplies, and blank forms, from April, 1904 to 1925. Copies of statistical reports, July, 1914 to 1925, Forms 519 and 619. Copies of allotment reports, July, 1922 to 1925, Forms 593, 598a, c, d, f, and classification of expenditures sheets. Detroit district: Border patrol daily reports, Form 650. Immigration Form 569; alien visitors' head tax certificate; duplicates. All. NOTE. In these cases we have book records which are quite sufficient to show complete transaction covered therein in each case. UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE Correspondence relating to available jobs and persons seeking employment, stored at Angel Island Immigration Station, Calif. Dated 1918 and 1919. Of no further value. The honorable the SECRETARY OF LABOR. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, February 17, 1981. SIR: In reply to your letter of February 10, transmitting a memorandum of miscellaneous material of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Immigration, and United States Employment Service which the department wishes to destroy under the terms of the Executive order of March 16, 1912: The matter has had the attention of the chief of our division of manuscripts, who now reports that these records do not appear to have any historical value. The lists are, therefore, returned herewith. Very respectfully, |